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<![CDATA[Tess added 'My Sisters Keeper']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63199012
to: My Sisters Keeper (Paperback)byJodi Picoult bookshelves: novels
Okay, I read this because my son was asked to read it for high school. I would imagine that it might provoke some thoughtful classroom discussion. It's an easy read. Picoult is not a prose stylist. She aims for clarity not elegance but there's something nice to be said for someone who can get their point across quickly.
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60520802
to: The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (Unexpurgated)byVaslav Nijinsky bookshelves: memoir
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'The Story of a Life']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40449631
to: The Story of a Life (Paperback)byAharon Applefeld bookshelves: memoir
I am picking away at this book. The prose is very beautiful and lovely to read. Anyone interested in Holocaust literature or history of Eastern Europe and children should read this one. The publisher's got it wrong though -- Appelfeld, not Applefed. Appelfeld survived pretty much in the woods during the war. His parents parished. His memory is vivid, concise, and starling.
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'Man's Search for Meaning']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40449836
to: Man's Search for Meaning (Mass Market Paperback)byViktor E. Frankl bookshelves: memoir
This book changed my life -- I was able to forgive someone who'd scarred me in a terrible way. Frankl is a holocaust survivor.
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'Bitter Angel: Poems']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60524715
to: Bitter Angel: Poems (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary)byAmy Gerstler
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'Still Life With Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26742648
to: Still Life With Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy (Paperback)byMark Doty bookshelves: memoir
This book is surprising in so many ways -- how beautiful can prose be? How far can one explore what one sees and in words that create images? This is beauty. I will read it again for the experience.
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'The Kite Runner']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40450195
to: The Kite Runner (Alex Awards (Awards))byKhaled Hosseini bookshelves: novels
Loved this book but I read it as a metaphor and not realistic fiction.
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<![CDATA[Tess added 'To Kill a Mockingbird']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60524333
to: To Kill a Mockingbird (Audio CD)byHarper Lee bookshelves: novels
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